Messiah, John Butt & Dunedin Consort

[Nick Armstrong]

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... I suppose I ought to keep my increasing irritation with Mahan Isfahani to myself....



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I wouldn't do that! Purge yourself!

[Richard Barrett]

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... I suppose I ought to keep my increasing irritation with Mahan Isfahani to myself....



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You may find more people in agreement with you than you think.

[ardcarp]

Does anyone know where I've put my specs.......

[Caussade]

Concerning notions of 'recreation', 'authenticity', 'scholarly', and so on, John Butt's very considered take on all this can be found here - http://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic...ance?format=PB . It's a finely nuanced view, to say the least, whether or not you happen to like the performances that result. A really fascinating read, as all his books are.

[Flosshilde]

Actually, I do think he has hit the nail on the head with his points 2,3, 5 ( sometimes), 6 and 7.

So you don't agree with him on no. 4?

[Tony Halstead]

So you don't agree with him on no. 4?

No I don't, as he is surely a bit OTT on this... and anyway, what on earth is 0.5 of a singer? Definitely not a certain Celtic lady who is about 0.1 of a singer.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I didn't even put him up to it.

[Flosshilde]

what on earth is 0.5 of a singer?

A castrato?

[Nick Armstrong]

A castrato?

(You're on fire tonight, Floss )

[Flosshilde]

Well, I've just mown the lawn.

[underthecountertenor]

As he said on the book of face this morning:

"Anna Picard and I will be on BBC Radio 3's "Record Review" today talking about new Czech releases of the past few months. As usual I will mouth off and continue my "offend the world" campaign while Anna says intelligent and considered things."

Thanks for editing my post, Cali. Don't know what happened there.
Yes, I enjoyed Mahan's FB post, as well as the debate this morning.